Battery post clamp



Sept. 16, 1941. c'. H. SHERRILL 12,255,862

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.ltorneygl Patented Sept 1,6

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATTERY Pos1' CLAMP Columbus H. Sherrill, Berkeley, Calif. Application May 18, 1940, seria1No.884,884

2 Claims. (Cl. 17a-259) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in clamps for battery posts and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character in the form of a vertically split cap having means for securing the sections of the cap to each other and also having adjustable means for tightening the cap .in position on the battery post. l

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for detachably securing the battery cable to the cap.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and install in operation and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the Aclamp in position on the battery.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the clamping member.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of one section of the clamp showing the tightening plate mounted therein.

Figure 6 is a similar view of the opposite side of the clamp.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the tightening plate, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the clips provided for securing the sections of the clamp together.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invenbeing bent angularly as shown at I4 and adapted to overlie the top of the cap.

Each of the sections 8 and 9 of the cap are provided with laterally extending threaded openings I5 and I6 respectively, the opening I5 having a screw I1 threaded therein and provided with a bore i8. Slidably mounted in the bore is a stem I9 formed in an arcuate shaped plate 20 conforming to the inner curvature of the section 8 of the cap and adapted to abut the slde wall of the post 6 whereby to cause the plate to be pressed against the post by the tightening ofv` the bolt Il to cause the tight fitting engagement of the cap on the post.

Threaded in the opening I6 of the section 9 is l a screw 2I also having a bore 22 therein and adapted to receive the conductor 23 of the battery cable 24. The conductor is secured in position by a set screw 25 threaded in the outer end of the screw 2l.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the parts may be easily and quickly assembled in position as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, and the clamp may then be securely attached to the battery post 6 through the manipulation of the screw Il.

It is believed the details of construction, ad-

. vantages and manner of use of the device will be tion, the numeral 5 designates a battery clamp in the form of a cap adapted for mounting on the battery post 6 which projects upwardly from the battery 1. The cap is constructed of a pair of duplicate sections designated at 8 and 9, respectively, the cap being split; vertically, each of the sections being provided on their vertically extending outer surface, adjacent the split edge thereof with ribs I0, the ribs of the respective sections being adapted to abut each other at one side, when the sections are secured togetherl and the opposite vertical edges of the ribs being inclined as shown at II. f The ribs, at their junction with the sections of the cap are provided witha channel I2 within which is adapted for insertion a substantially V- shaped clip I3, the open end of the clip extending downwardly and the closed end of the clip lreadily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. A battery post clamp comprising a vertically split sectional cap, radial wings on the split edges of the cap, clips engaging the wings and retaining the sections in assembled position on a battery post, said clips including leg portions disposed against the wings and a flat horizontal connecting portion extending inwardly of the top of the cap and bearing ilatwise across the split edges thereof, said flat connecting portion forming a. head adapted to be gripped by the ngers of a person for inserting and removing the clip in position on the wings and adjustable spreading means -between the post and the cap for clamping the cap on the post.

, 2. A battery post clamp comprising a vertically Isplit sectional cap, each section having vertically extending ribs adjacentthe split edges of the cap, clips Aengaging the ribs and. retaining the sections in assembled position onl a battery post, a clamping member within the cap engageable with the post' for clamping the cap thereon, a stem on the clamping member projecting out-f` wardly of thel cap and an Vadjusting screw threaded in onesection of lthe cap and having a bore slidably receiving the stem, said screw en gaging the' clamping member to force the' latter into clamping position. l f

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